We’re really excited for our doc’s appointment on Friday morning. We’re pretty sure that Lila, at least, will hit 8 lbs. Maybe one of the boys too. They’re taking as much as 4 oz per feeding now – sometimes falling short, but I think at this point it’s better to give them the opportunity. No sleeping through the night yet, but they did have a 3 hour 45 minute stretch last night, which was impressive. Since I’m back to work now, Abby has been going to bed early, then handling the middle-of-the-night shifts, and then getting some rest during the day. She’s a trooper.
Thankfully we still have lots of help in the afternoon/evening, and Grandmom Deb came back to stay with us for a few days too. Speaking of work, I have to give a big shout out to everyone at my office who’s made us dinner for the last couple of weeks. Everything’s been great! We really appreciate it!!
Sadly, poor Abby has to join me in the ranks of the working class in less than a month. If by some miracle we can get the kids sleeping even for 5 hours at night, that would be phenomenal. I’m curious what kind of sleeping patterns any of you other preemie parents experienced, so feel free to leave a comment. We’ve heard that the 10 lb mark is key, and we’re not all that far from there. Oops, it’s almost feeding time, so I have to run. Until next time.
2 comments:
It's so much fun to see how big your babies are getting, and how fast! I know it must be a tremendous amount of work to keep the daily routine going, so if you're too close to your kiddos to really be able to see it, rest assured they are getting to be seemingly huge and it's a joy to observe! On the topic of how long it takes to get a preemie to sleep through the night, the magic number both times w/ my 31-weekers was 4 months. A better description of "through the night" might be 11pm feeding then not until 5am or so, when I would feed kids, put them back to bed, then get ready for work. In retrospect it was crazy, though do-able. I discovered the art of dressing my kids after their evening bathtime in tomorrow's clothes and layering their pajamas on top! :) Erin
I hope the little ones start sleeping well before you go back to work! That's really tough...I can't believe how big they are getting. Andrew has been wearing your clothes :-) He's partial to the "party in my crib at 2 am" onesie because Becca said the 2 AM feeding is his favorite.
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